Retro-Songteksten: Evergreens, Classics, Old-Time Favourites, Hits Uit Onze Jeugd
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Aldonza Composer(s): Joe Darion - Mitch Leigh Performer(s): Jacques Brel
Je suis née comme une chienne une nuit où il pleuvait Je suis née et ma mère est partie en chantant Et je ne sais rien d'elle que la haine que j'en ai J'aurais dû venir au monde en mourant
Eh bien sûr, il y a mon père, on dit, on dit souvent Que les filles gardent leur père au profond de leur cur Mais je n'ai pas su mon père, mon père était plusieurs Car mon père était un régiment Je ne peux même pas dire s'ils étaient andalous ou prussiens Sont-ils morts vers le nord, sont-ils morts vers le sud Je n'en sais rien!
Une Dame, et comment veut-il que je sois une Dame?
J'ai grandi comme une chienne de carrefour en carrefour J'ai grandi et trop tôt sur la paille des mules De soldat en soldat, de crapule en crapule J'ai connu les bienfaits de l'amour Et je vis comme une bête, je fais ça comme on se mouche Et je vis sans savoir ni pour qui ni pour quoi Pour un sou je me lève, pour deux sous je me couche Pour trois sous je fais n'importe quoi! Si vous ne me croyez guère, pour trois sous venez voir le restant De la plus folle des fiancés au plus crapuleux des brigands de la terre
Mais chassez donc vos nuages et regardez-moi telle que je suis Une Dame, une vraie Dame a une vertu, a une âme Dieu de Dieu, de tous les pires salauds que j'ai connus Vous qui parlez d'étoile, vous qui montrez le ciel Vous êtes bien le plus infâme, le plus cruel Frappez-moi, je préfère le fouet à vos chimères Frappez-moi jusqu'au feu, jusqu'au sol, jusqu'à terre Mais gardez votre tendresse, rendez-moi mon désespoir Je suis née sur le fumier et j'y repars Mais je vous en supplie, ne me parlez plus de Dulcinéa Vous voyez bien que je ne suis rien, je ne suis qu'Aldonza la putain
Alcina De Jesus Composer(s): Nino Ferrer Performer(s): Nino Ferrer
Son pays c'est tellement loin Au bout du continent Et pourtant ce n'est qu'une enfant Mais elle a dû partir Elle travaille chez des gens très gentils Elle s'occupe de leur bébé joli Pendant que là-bas c'est le printemps Et fleurit la révolution
Il y a des gens dans les rues Qui chantent la liberté Le monde est en train de changer Mais elle n'en voit rien du tout Alcina de Jesus
Pourtant c'est comme un parfum Amer comme un premier amour Et ça ne dure qu'un temps très court Puis on est vieux pour toujours Alcina de Jesus
Where Could I Go But To The Lord Composer(s): James B. Coats Performer(s): Emmylou Harris
Living below in this old sinful world Hardly a comfort can afford Striving alone to face temptation so Now won't you tell me Where could I go but to the Lord
Where could I go oh where could I go Seeking the refuge for my soul Needing a friend to save me in the end Won't you tell me Where could I go but to the Lord
Life here is grand with friends I love so dear Comfort I get from God's own word Yet when I face that chilling hand of death Won't you tell me Where could I go but to the Lord
Where could I go oh where could I go Seeking the refuge for my soul Needing a friend to save me in the end Won't you tell me Where could I go but to the Lord
Albino Moon Composer(s): Barry Hay - G. Kooymans Performer(s): Golden Earring
Oh you look real good in your blue jeans and a pink sweater But in a cocktail dress I guess, you look even better!
I got your photograph, so your memories line up on the table But your gone with the wind, and I wish I was dead! Just like Clark Gable.......
The sun goes down for a lonely four Like darkness and the temple of doom I need the God alive Tell me, what am I supposed to do?
Albino moon, where' you been tonight, hidin' behind the cloud, albino moon Albino moon, what's it all about, hidin' behind the cloud, albino moon Am I blind or am I right? Or you light into my room make my baby find her way back home, real soon Albino moon!
With your red lips on my daydream, imagine we're together In the backseat of my car, on the shiny white leather
I got your photograph, so your memories line up on the table But your gone with the wind, and I wish I was dead! Just like Clark Gable
The sun goes down for a lonely four Like darkness and the temple of doom I need the God alive Tell me, what am I supposed to do?
Albino moon, where' you been tonight, hidin' behind the cloud, albino moon Albino moon, what's it all about, hidin' behind the cloud, albino moon Am I blind or am I right? Or you light into my room make my baby find her way back home, real soon Albino moon!
Where Can I Go Without You? Dutch Title: Wat Moet Ik Doen Zonder Jou? Composer(s): Peggy Lee; Victor Young Performer(s): Peggy Lee; and various other artists
I went to Londontown To clear up my mind Then on to Paris For the fun I couldn't find I found I couldn't leave my memories behind Where can I go without you?
Tried seeing Singapore But that wouldn't do Went to Vienna But I found you there, too Even in Switzerland, your memory came through Where can I go without you?
I wanted travel, I wanted romance I chased that rainbow across the sea I'm tired of faces, and quaint old places If you can't be there with me
Back on the boat again And farewell to France Farewell to Londontown They haven't a chance I'll trade the sights I've seen For just one loving glance Where can I go without you?
I'm tired of faces, and quaint old places If you can't be there with me
Back on the boat again And farewell to France Farewell to Londontown They haven't a chance I'll trade the sights I've seen For just one loving glance Where can I go without you?
Alberta's Child Composer(s): Ian Tyson Performer(s): Ian Tyson
Well, them old boys down in Texas chew Copenhagen Wash it all down with that Coors Ain't a bit bashful about speakin' their minds They'll tell you what's theirs and what's yours There's Waylon and there's Willie, they own about half the state And sing of her glories all in song Talk about your lovers and your fighters wild brahma bull riders The whole thing take a holt and goes on
Ride with me, Jesus, help me pull this heavy load Don't let her slip, don't let her slide You answer all our questions further down this muddy road Old cowboys cross the Great Divide
Well, up north it's saddle broncs and it's hockey and honky tonks Old Wilf Carter 78's Dumb stuff like chores when it's twenty below They're the things that a country boy hates Too much damn wind and not enough whiskey Drives them ol' northern boys flat wild And he may go to Hell, or even Vancouver He'll always be Alberta's child
Ride with me, Jesus, help me pull this heavy load Don't let her slip, don't let her slide You answer all our questions further down this muddy road Old cowboys cross the Great Divide
Where Are You Now (My Love) Composer(s): Tony Hatch; Jackie Trent Performer(s): Jackie Trent
La,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la,la
When shadows of evening gently fall The memory of you I soon recall We walked in the rain You kissed me, whispered my name Where are you now my love Where are you now my love
Life was fine, full of the wonder of the spring You taught me that love meant everything I gave you my heart Not dreaming we'd ever part Where are you now my love Where are you now my love
While I'm sitting here I'm wondering what went wrong You'll find your empty arms will tell you, you belong to me You'll come to me
And see how I've been waiting every day Just hoping that you'll come back to stay But I don't know when I'll ever see you again Where are you now my love Where are you now my love
Alberta Bound Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot Performer(s): Gordon Lightfoot and multiple other artists
Oh the prairie lights are burnin' bright The Chinook wind is a-movin' in Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound Though I've done the best I could My old luck ain't been so good and Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound No one-eyed man could e'er forget The Rocky Mountain sunset It's a pleasure just to be Alberta bound I long to see my next of kin To know what kind of shape they're in Tomorrow night I'll be Alberta bound
Alberta bound, Alberta bound It's good to be Alberta bound Alberta bound, Alberta bound It's good to be Alberta bound
Oh the skyline of Toronto Is somethin' you'll get onto But they say you've got to live there for a while And if you got the money You can get yourself a honey A written guarantee ta make you smile But it's snowin' in the city And the streets and brown and gritty And I know there's pretty girls all over town But they never seem ta find me And the one I left behind me Is the reason that I'll be Alberta bound
Alberta bound, Alberta bound It's good to be Alberta bound Alberta bound, Alberta bound It's good to be Alberta bound It's good to be Alberta bound
Alberta Composer(s): Leadbelly - Alan Lomax Performer(s): Leadbelly
Alberta, Alberta Where you been so long? Alberta, Alberta Where you been so long? Ain't had no loving Since you've been gone Alberta, Alberta Where'd you stay last night? Alberta, Alberta Where'd you stay last night? Come home this morning Clothes don't fit you right Alberta, Alberta Girl, you're on my mind Alberta, Alberta Girl, you're on my mind Ain't had no loving Such a great long time Alberta, Alberta Where you been so long? Alberta, Alberta Where you been so long? Ain't had no loving Since you've been gone
Where Are You? Composer(s): Harold Adamson; Jimmy McHugh Performer(s): Frank Sinatra and multiple other artists
Where are you Where have you gone without me I thought you cared about me Where are you Where's my heart Where is the dream we started I can't believe we're parted Where are you When we said good-bye love What had we to gain When I gave you my love Was it all in vain All life through Must I go on pretending Where is my happy ending Where are you When we said good-bye love What had we to gain When I gave you my love Was it all in vain All life through Must I go on pretending Where is that happy ending Where are you Where are you
Albert Flasher Composer(s): Burton Cummings Performer(s): The Guess Who; Randy Bachman
I was a workshop owner in the gulch for the people And I offered myself to the world I was a workshop owner I was a workshop owner
I was a diesel fixer, fixed a diesel, diesel fixed me What a weasel And baby was a workshop owner Baby was a workshop owner
Baby and me were ripe for the pickin' That was the day we ran into Albert Flasher
It was a cold, snowy, rainy afternoon And we were sittin' there in high school, my school And Michael was a moonbeam maker And Michael was a moonbeam maker
I was a diesel fixer, fixed a diesel, diesel fixed me What a weasel, oh no Baby was a workshop owner Baby was a workshop owner
Baby and me were ripe for the pickin' That was the day we ran into Albert Flasher
I was a workshop owner in the gulch for the people And I offered myself to the world I was a workshop owner I was a workshop owner I was a workshop owner
Where Am I? (Am I In Heaven?) Composer(s): Al Dubin; Harry Warren Performer(s): James Melton; and various other artists
I was a dreamer but I didn't even venture to think someone like you could care Now life has turned into a beautiful adventure I never knew that life on earth could be so fair
Where am I, am I in heaven or am I really with you Who are you, are you an angel Or just a dream that's too good to be true
Can moonlight be so enchanting Can kisses be so divine Where am I, am I in heaven Can it be true that you are mine
Can moonlight be so enchanting Can kisses be so divine Where am I, am I in heaven Can it be true that you are mine
Albert Är Begavad ((English Version: Talent Is An Asset (by Sparks)) Composer(s): Ron Mael - Ola Magnell Performer(s): Ola Magnell
Albert, en smart liten kille han Brås han på pappa blir lilleman Snille han En gång ska han tacka far och mor För att han blev så berömd och stor
När han blir stor ska han minnas oss När han blir stor ska han banne mej Påminnas oss Vi som gjort så mycket, far och son Vi som hållit bössen härifrån
Albert, han har esprit Ni är i vägen ni Vi är föräldrar och han är geni Albert är begåvad Hans sällskap måste sovras Albert måste sova Om Albert ska förkovras Albert är begåvad För det han lektorn lovat
Innan han släppt sina modersband Måste han först ro sin båt iland Bli fil. kand. När han blir ett världsberömt geni Får han alla flickors sympati
Albert, han har esprit Ni är i vägen ni Vi är föräldrar och han är geni Albert är en kille Som äger smak och snille Albert är bäst och störst Albert är alltid först Albert, han fick stora A Albert, han är för bra
Whenever, Wherever Composer(s): Gloria Estefan; Tim Mitchell; Shakira Performer(s): Shakira
Lucky you were born that far away so We could both make fun of distance Lucky that I love a foreign land for The lucky fact of your existence
Baby I would climb the Andes solely To count the freckles on your body Never could imagine there were only Ten million ways to love somebody
Le do le le le le Le do le le le le Can't you see I'm at your feet?
Whenever, Wherever We're meant to be together! I'll be there and you'll be near And that's the deal, my dear!
Thereover, Hereunder You'll never have to wonder We can always play by ear But that's the deal my dear
Lucky that my lips not only mumble They spill kisses like a fountain Lucky that my breasts are small and humble So you don't confuse them with mountains Lucky I have strong legs like my mother To run to cover when I need it And these two eyes that for no other The day you leave will cry a river
Le do le le le le Le do le le le le At your feet I'm at your feet!
Whenever, Wherever We're meant to be together I'll be there and you'll be near And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder You'll never have to wonder We can always play by ear But,that's the deal my dear
Le do le le le le Le do le le le le Think out loud Say it again
Le do le le le le le le Tell me one more time That you'll live Lost in my eyes
Whenever, Wherever We're meant to be together I'll be there and you'll be near And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder You've got me head over heals There's nothing left to fear If you really feel the way I feel
Whenever, Wherever We're meant together I'll be there and you'll be near And that's the deal my dear
Thereover, Hereunder You've got me head over heals There's nothing left to fear If you really feel the way I feel!
Talent Is An Asset ((Swedish Version: Albert Är Begavad (by Ola Magnell)) Composer(s): Ron Mael Performer(s): Sparks
Albert is smart, he's a genius Watch Albert putter, an obvious genius Someday he will reassess the world And he'll still have time for lots of girls
When he grows up he'll remember us When he grows up we are sure that he'll remember us
We made sure that Albert wore his mac We kept all the strangers off his back
(Go away) Everything's relative (Go away Albert's mother say to me) We are his relatives and he don't need any non- relatives
Talent is an asset You've got to understand that Talent is an asset And little Albert has it Talent is an asset And Albert surely has it
One day he'll sever his apron strings All of the while he'll be scribbling things, genius things Look at Albert, isn't he a sight Growing, growing at the speed of light
(Go away) Everything's relative (Go away Albert's mother say to me) We are his relatives and he don't need any non- relatives
Talent is an asset And little Albert has it
Talent is relative That's hypothetical We are his relatives That's parenthetical Spare your superlatives There's the receptacle There's the receptacle
Leave Albert's study room Leave Albert's happy room Leave Albert's neighbourhood Leave Albert's city, too Leave Albert's country seat Leave Albert's coun-rer-y Leave Albert's continent Leave Albert's hemisphere Leave Albert's planet, too Leave Albert's universe
No one must see him now Only the medical No one must downgrade him Don't be to cynical Don't be to critical Cancel the magazines They're much to political Don't buy him any jeans They're much to casual Talent is relative We are his relatives That's parenthetical
Whenever I Say Your Name Composer(s): Sting Performer(s): Sting; Mary J. Blige
Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your face Whatever bread's in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine that I taste Whenever your memory feeds my soul, whatever got broken becomes whole Whenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together
Wherever I lay me down, wherever I put my head to sleep Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I got to lie awake and weep Whenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a way I'm calling out your name
Whenever those dark clouds hide the moon Whenever this world has gotten so strange I know that something's gonna change Something's gonna change
Whenever I say your name Whenever I say your name, I'm already praying, I'm already praying I'm already filled with a joy that I can't explain Wherever I lay me down, wherever I rest my weary head to sleep Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I got to lie awake and weep Whenever I'm on the floor Whatever it was that I believed before Whenever I say your name, whenever I say it loud, I'm already praying
Whenever this world has got me down, whenever I shed a tear Whenever the TV makes me mad, whenever I'm paralyzed with fear Whenever those dark clouds fill the sky, whenever I lose the reason why Whenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together
Whenever the sun refuse to shine, whenever the skies are pouring rain Whatever I lost I thought was mine whenever I close my eyes in pain Whenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a way I'm calling out your name
Whenever this dark begins to fall Whenever I'm vulnerable and small Whenever I feel like I could die Whenever I'm holding back the tears that I cry
Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your face I'm already praying Whatever bread's in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine that I taste Wherever I lay me down, wherever I rest my weary head to sleep Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I'm forced to lie awake and have to weep Whenever I'm on the floor Whatever it was that I believed before Whenever I say your name, whenever I say it loud, I'm already praying
Whenever I say your name No matter how long it takes One day we'll be together
Whenever I say your name Let there be no mistake That day will last forever
The lady comes to the gate dressed in lavender and leather Looking North to the sea she finds the weather fine She hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard All the way from town She watches seagulls fly Silver on the ocean stitching through the waves The edges of the sky
Many people wander up the hills From all around you Making up your memories and thinking they have found you They cover you with veils of wonder as if you were a bride Young men holding violets are curious to know if you have cried And tell you why And ask you why Any way you answer
Lace around the collars of the blouses of the ladies Flowers from a Spanish friend of the family The embroid'ry of your life holds you in And keeps you out but you survive Imprisoned in your bones Behind the isinglass windows of your eyes
And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain Down the hills through the long grass to the sea And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain Come away alone
Even now by the gate with you long hair blowing And the colors of the day that lie along your arms You must barter your life to make sure you are living And the crowd that has come You give them the colors And the bells and wind and the dream
Will there never be a prince who rides along the sea and the mountains Scattering the sand and foam into amethyst fountains Riding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass?
Day and night and day again and people come and go away forever While the shining summer sea dances in the glass of your mirror While you search the waves for love and your visions for a sign The knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your design
And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain Down the hills through the long grass to the sea And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain Come away alone Come away alone...with me
Whenever I Call You "Friend" Composer(s): Kenny Loggins; Melissa Manchester Performer(s): Kenny Loggins; and various other artists
Whenever I call you "Friend", I begin to think I understand Anywhere we are, you and I have always been, ever and ever I see myself within your eyes, and that's all I need to show me why Everything I do always takes me home to you, ever and ever 'N now I know my life has given me more than memories, day by day, we can see In every moment there's a reason to carry on
Chorus: Sweet love's showing us a heavenly light, never seen such a beautiful sight See love glowing on us every night, I know forever we'll be doing it
chorus... right
Whenever I call you "Friend", I believe I've come to understand Everywhere we are, you and I were meant to be, forever and ever I think about the times to come, knowing I will be the lucky one And ever our love will last, I always want to call you "Friend"
chorus An' now I know my life has given me more than memories, day by day We can see, in every moment there's a reason to carry on
chorus 2x - doing it, doing it
Sweet love (repeats out)... (You're the glowing light in my life, source of pride in my life) (Everything I do takes me back to you, whenever I call you friend...
